JOHN LEWIS and Waitrose workers fear for their jobs after the firm announced it was slashing redundancy pay, the GMB union said today.

Hundreds of union members are worried the move will precede a round of redundancies at the new lower rate. 

GMB national officer Nadine Houghton said: “John Lewis Partnership (JLP) are saying this is cost-neutral, and savings will be passed directly into ‘partner’ wages, but this is little consolation for any of our members who ends up losing our jobs.